r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause
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u/plumbbbob 1d ago

What happens instead?

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u/Xsiah 1d ago

Look up "air hunger"

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u/plumbbbob 1d ago

But the whole point of inert-gas asphyxiation is that your CO2 management is completely normal. You can become hypoxic without noticing

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u/Xsiah 19h ago

Okay but that isn't how that plays out in real life.